USS Harry S. Truman

Also known as CVN-75

1996 Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

Key facts

Name: Harry S. Truman
Namesake: Harry S. Truman
Ordered: 30 June 1988
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Cost: $4.5 billion
Laid down: 29 November 1993
Launched: 7 September 1996
Christened: 7 September 1996
Acquired: 30 June 1998
Commissioned: 25 July 1998
Renamed: from United States , February 1995
Home port: Norfolk , Virginia
Identification

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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and is named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. She is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

Harry S. Truman was launched on 7 September 1996 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, and commissioned on 25 July 1998 with Captain Thomas Otterbein in command.